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Games like Blackroots

If Blackroots is your kind of game, the closest matches are NO BACKUP, Paranormal Cleanup and CRYO — picked from the ranked list below. Each pick is ranked by what players of this game also play, shared genres and tags, and review-mined similarity — not a generic popularity list.

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About Blackroots: Blackroots is a co-op fantasy/horror game where players work together or alone to resist a dark force known as Ul'vorran.

2027ActionIndieEarly AccessWindowsby Dizzy Games
Blackroots — Steam game cover

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Steam players who put hours into Blackroots also tend to own these titles — a signal called collaborative filtering. imho.run cross-references millions of library ownership patterns to surface games whose real audiences overlap, regardless of whether their genre tags match.

  1. NO BACKUP

    WHY THIS

    Top pick for Blackroots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blackroots.

    Escape together or die alone. In this intense co-op bodycam horror game, you and your team are hunted by a relentless creature. Communicate, stay quiet, and fight to survive. Every move counts. Every sound could be your last.

    2026ActionIndieEarly Access8.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Paranormal Cleanup

    WHY THIS

    Second-strongest match for Blackroots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blackroots.

    Clock in for the worst cleaning shift of your life: Unclog nasty toilets and scrub ectoplasm in this 1-4 player online co-op survival horror game. Get the job done and don't get caught by the entities hunting you!

    2025ActionIndieAdventure9.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  3. CRYO

    WHY THIS

    Third-strongest match for Blackroots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blackroots.

    CRYO is a multiplayer co-op survival horror for 1-4 players. You have been deployed by your company to various locations around the Antarctic due to communication issues. What awaits you in these dark, remote regions is far more sinister than a technical fault...

    2025ActionIndieEarly Access14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. The Outlast Trials

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #4 for Blackroots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blackroots.

    Red Barrels invites you to experience mind-numbing terror, this time with friends. Whether you go through the trials alone or in teams, if you survive long enough and complete the therapy, Murkoff will happily let you leave… but will you be the same?

    2024ActionIndieAdventure39.99 USDDeck VerifiedSteam ↗
  5. Storebound

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #5 for Blackroots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blackroots.

    A 1-3 co-op puzzle horror game. Lost in an accursed megastore, work together to find the exit before its lurking horrors trap you forever.

    2025ActionIndieAdventure7.99 USDSteam ↗
  6. Backrooms: Extractions

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #6 for Blackroots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blackroots.

    Cooperate with up to 6 players to explore, search, and extract lost agents within the Backrooms. Solve puzzles, unlock tools, survive against entities, and progress through increasingly dangerous levels.

    2025ActionIndieCasual6.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. Deathground

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #7 for Blackroots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blackroots.

    A 1-4 player co-op horror game that throws you into a desperate fight for survival against deadly dinosaurs. Run, hide and work together to complete missions and uncover the secrets buried within the abandoned AEON research facility. Can you and your friends make it out alive?

    2025ActionIndieAdventure14.99 USDDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Malum

    WHY THIS

    Ranked #8 for Blackroots fans by collaborative filtering across millions of Steam libraries. Shares Action and Indie with Blackroots.

    Malum is the premier C-list horror game. Run from a motely collection of bizarre demons then summon in some guns to turn the tables on them. Best enjoyed with friends.

    2021ActionIndieAdventure4.99 USDSteam ↗

Free alternatives

Free-to-play games that recommended players of this title also tend to enjoy.

  1. Doki Doki Literature Club!

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Blackroots.

    The Literature Club is full of cute girls! Will you write the way into their heart? This game is not suitable for children or those who are easily disturbed.

    2017IndieFree To PlayCasualFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  2. Ultimate Custom Night

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Blackroots.

    Welcome to the ultimate FNAF mashup, featuring 50 selectable characters and custom difficulties!

    2018ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeSteam ↗
  3. Bongo Cat

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Blackroots.

    Bongo cat needs your help. Bongo cat needz more hatz!!! Every time you press a key, Bongo cat will punch your taskbar. Type, click, play, work to collect more points. Which hats will you find?

    2025IndieSimulationMassively MultiplayerFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  4. Indigo Park: Chapter 1

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Blackroots.

    Explore the abandoned childhood wonder of Indigo Park! Guided by Rambley the Raccoon, help restore power to the destroyed amusement park while you run from the reason it shut down.

    2024ActionIndieAdventureFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  5. STRAFTAT

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Blackroots.

    STRAFTAT is a 1v1/2v2 ONLINE first person SHOOTER with quick rounds in over 350 MAPS ; Including all WEAPONS, proximity chat and 4 players FFA.

    2024ActionFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  6. Counter-Strike:Global Offensive

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action with Blackroots.

    Counter-Strike:Global Offensive (CS:GO) expands upon the team-based action gameplay that it pioneered when it was launched over 2 decades ago. CS:GO features new maps, characters, weapons, and game modes, and delivers updated versions of the classic CS content (de_dust2, etc.).

    2012ActionFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  7. missed messages.

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Indie with Blackroots.

    ‘goth gf’s iPhone’ airdrops you - accept or decline? A love/horror story about life, death, & memes.

    2019IndieSimulationFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗
  8. Awaria

    WHY THIS

    Free-to-play pick from the same recommendation pool — no purchase to try it. Shares Action and Indie with Blackroots.

    Awaria is a short game about working in haunted maintenance tunnels.

    2024ActionIndieFree To PlayFreeDeck PlayableSteam ↗

Frequently asked about Blackroots

Does Blackroots have multiplayer or co-op?
Yes — Blackroots supports multi-player play according to its Steam store listing (Multi-player, Online Co-op, LAN Co-op).
What games are most similar to Blackroots?
Based on Steam play patterns and shared genres/tags, the games most often recommended alongside Blackroots are NO BACKUP, Paranormal Cleanup, CRYO.
Who developed Blackroots?
Blackroots was developed by Dizzy Games.

imho.run ranks Steam game alternatives using a mix of collaborative filtering (ALS / iALS / EASE / LightGCN), content scoring over genres, categories, Steam tags, developers, and publishers, plus AI-extracted vibes mined from review text. The page above is generated in seed mode anchored on Blackroots.

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